Display standard

ABSTRACT

A display panel is received onto an upstanding rod having parts extending through openings in the panel and other parts supporting the panel between the openings. The rod is slidingly received within a joining member on the end of a further rod, the lower end of which includes an enlarged mounting loop. When the two rods are joined and the display panel mounted thereon, the mounting loop is then secured to a suitable surface by an adhesive sheet.

United States Patent, 191

Thomas June 17, 1975 1 DISPLAY STANDARD [75] Inventor: Robert E. Thomas, Los Angeles,

Calif.

[73] Assignee: John Graves and Associates Incorporated, Los Angeles, Calif.

[221 Filed: May 20,1974

[21] Appl/No; 471,353

521 US. Cl 40/11 A; 40/10 R; 40/125 H 511 1m.c|. G09f 03/14 [58] Field of Search..... 40/10 C, 10 R, 11 A, 124.1, 40/125 H, 125 G, 125 F, 125 R, 125 D, 5

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 828,542 8/1906 Ellis 40/10. R 1,397,734 11/1921 Hoelscher 40/11 A X 1,435,178 11/1922 Rolph 40/10 C 2/1932 Dixon 40/12 G 2,345,750 4/1944 Hohwart 40/10 R 2,504,331 4/1950 Hopp et a1. 2,563,159 8/1951 Clark 2,639,524 5/1953 lrving 40/10 C Primary Examiner-Robert W. Michell Assistant Examiner-John F. Pitrelli Attorney, Agent, or Firm-George J. Netter [57] ABSTRACT two rods are joined and the display panel mounted thereon, the mounting loop is then secured to a suitable surface by an adhesive sheet.

1 Claim, 6 Drawing Figures 1 DISPLAY STANDARD The present invention relates generally to a display standard, and, more particularly, to such a standard which is readily mounted onto a wall surface or the like and adapted for rapid change of a display panel.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the display standard of this invention shown mounted and in use.

FIG. 2 is a sectional, elevational, partially fragmentary view of that part of the standard supportively interrelated with a removable display panel.

FIG. 3 is an elevational, partially fragmentary view of a further part of the subject standard depicting the manner of mounting.

FIG. 4 is an elevational, sectional view showing detailed mounting of the present standard in a bin of fruit.

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of a part of the display panel.

FIG. 6 is a perspective, exploded view of the described display standard.

DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT With reference now particularly to FIG. 1 of the drawing, the display standard of this invention enumerated generally as 10 is seen to include a generally rectangular sheetlike display panel 11 maintained in a vertically upright position by a supportive framework 12 to be described. Although not confined to any one kind of display purpose, the subject display standard is shown mounted in a bin 13 of, say, citrus fruit.

Turning now to FIG. 6, the display standard 10 is seen to include in its major elements the display panel 11 carried by the supportive framework 12, the latter comprising a mounting member 14 and a supporting rack 15.

The rack consists essentially of straight metal rod having a first portion formed back along itself into a loop 16, a second portion 17 extending substantially 90to the main metal rod and the terminus 18 bent parallel to the main metal rod.

The display panel 11 preferably is constructed of a single sheetlike element folded onto itself along the line 19. A pair of slotted openings 20 and 21 extend along the fold line 19 at a spacing substantially equal to the length of the portion 17. More particularly, the slots are of such dimension and relative spacing to enable ready receipt of the loop 16 through one opening and the terminus 18 through the other.

The mounting member 14 includes a length of metal rod having one end portion formed into a loop 22. A

hollow tubular connector 23 has a bore of such dimensions as to enable receipt of the free end portions of 14 and 15 therein (FIG. 2). The connector has a central constriction 24 which limits the inward receipt of both 14 and 15.

In use, the mounting member loop 22 is located against a convenient supporting surface of the bin 13, e.g., bottom or side wall, and affixed to the surface by applying thereover a sheet 25 of paper or plastic having a layer of suitable adhesive 26 on one side. At this time, or optionally before adhering to the bin wall surface, the loop is bent such that the mounting member will extend vertically upward. For example, where the loop 22 is secured to the bin bottom as shown in FIG. 4, the loop must be formed to substantially with respect to the remainder of the member 14.

The connector 23 is now placed on the free end of 14, after which the supporting rack 15 is also inserted into the connector (FIG. 3). Now, the panel 11 is slid downwardly onto the upper end of the framework, allowing the loop 16 to pass through the opening 20 or 21 and the terminus through the other opening which places the supporting arm 17 under the folded line between the openings (FIG. 2). The bin is now filled with the products which abut against member 14 (FIG. 4) serving to aid in supporting the standard.

I claim:

1. A display standard, comprising:

a first rodlike element having an end portion bent back along itself to form a loop with the terminal end portion formed to extend at substantially 90 to the remainder of the rodlike element;

a cross-brace formed by said terminal end portion extension;

a second rodlike element having an end portion bent into a loop;

a hollow tube received on the unbent end portions of said first and second rodlike elements removably interconnecting them together;

a sheetlike panel folded onto itself along a fold line, said panel including a pair of openings on said fold line located at equal distances from the fold line midpoint;

said sheetlike panel having one of its openings being received on the loop of said first rodlike element and otherwise supported for generally vertical hanging by the cross-brace; and

an adhesive coated member received onto the second rodlike element loop for securing the same to a surface. 

1. A display standard, comprising: a first rodlike element having an end portion bent back along itself to form a loop with the terminal end portion formed to extend at substantially 90* to the remainder of the rodlike element; a cross-brace formed by said terminal end portion extension; a second rodlike element having an end portion bent into a loop; a hollow tube received on the unbent end portions of said first and second rodlike elements removably interconnecting them together; a sheetlike panel folded onto itself along a fold line, said panel including a pair of openings on said fold line located at equal distances from the fold line midpoint; said sheetlike panel having one of its openings being received on the loop of said first rodlike element and otherwise supported for generally vertical hanging by the cross-brace; and an adhesive coated member received onto the second rodlike element loop for securing the same to a surface. 